The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

To select its Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster’s editors review data on which words rose in search volume and usage, then ...

The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

From Glassdoor's "fatigue" to Oxford Dictionary's "rage bait," the words of 2025 is reflecting a sense of exhaustion and ...

After a full year of hectic news, trends and non-stop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word.

There was a time when Urban Dictionary felt essential. Twenty-six years ago, when then-college freshman Aaron Peckham founded ...

In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...

The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.